Author: West Hills Dental

• Your Safety Is Our Top Concern

  

  Due to COVID-19 our office is implementing procedures and protocols to ensure our patients and clinicians are provided with a safe environment. Dr. Little is dedicated to staying informed and up to date with the latest COVID-19 healthcare information, guidelines, and standards. Please read through our COVID-19 transmission prevention protocols. *Standard COVID-19 pre-screening questions and…

• Dental office COVID-19 Infection Control

  

  This video is to bring awareness on infection prevention control to reduce COVID-19 transmission in dental offices. Awareness for aerosols, awareness for a better infection control to protect dental professionals from COVID-19 virus and other harmful aerosols.

• “Crown in an Hour” “Same Day Crown” “High Technology”

  

  Is it just advertising hype or is it really as good as it seems? Let’s look at some of the pros and cons. First, let me start by saying that I started in dentistry as a laboratory technician. I graduated from lab school in 1987 and began working for a prosthodontist (Wikipedia). Having made thousands…

• Sleep Breathing Disorders

  

  A common misconception many people hold regarding dentistry is that dentists only treat teeth. While teeth are certainly our primary focus, your dental care team is also trained to detect oral conditions like sleep apnea. Symptoms such as large tonsils, uvula (the dangly thing in the back of your throat), tongue, and other airway obstructions,…

• Flossing Under Fire

  

  Flossing has come under some heavy fire in recent months. This article is intended to inform anyone who is curious as to why dental hygienists will still be encouraging their patients to floss. In the interest of accuracy, I’ll be referring to “cleaning between teeth” rather than “flossing”; after all, there are more ways to…

• Hosting Oregon Food Bank Food Drive!

  

  The start of October marked the beginning of our campaign to fight hunger as we host another annual Food Drive. We have partnered with the Oregon Food Bank Organization and we are asking for your help family and friends! Now, holiday season is almost here and to our office it means only one thing… fighting hunger.…

• Dr. Little Likes Drugs

  

  Drugs? Ninety percent of North American adults consume coffee on a daily basis. Caffeine (in coffee) is the mostwidely used psychoactive drug in the world but we don’t think of it as a drug. How about Penicillin? It opened the way for the treatment of microbial diseases. Without it, 75% of the population today would…

• Little’s Magical Tooth Fairies Took to the Track

  

  Come the weekend of August 13th and 14th our office came together to fundraise and fight the battle against cancer. The American Cancer Society of Portland hosted it’s annual Relay for Life Event at Portland Christian High School. The event started early Saturday morning and ended Sunday morning. Our office chose to partake in the…

• The dangers of a dry mouth (and how to reduce your risk)

  

  The most common occurrence of dry mouth in humans is a result of dehydration – a condition easily remedied by the intake of fluids. Unfortunately, for many people who experience what is known as Chronic dry mouth, their condition is not always so easily improved. There are many possible instigators of a chronically dry mouth…

• Steps to a Healthy Mouth and a Healthy You

  

  Most people know the routine hygienists recommend for keeping your teeth and gums healthy: “Brush and floss!” But what many people may not know is that the health of your teeth and gums is very much related to how healthy the rest of your body is, and it goes the other way too; your body…